Corset.



Patented Feb. 25, I902.

No. 694,|6l.

D. KOPS.

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(Applicatiog-flled Nov. 4, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL KOPS, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,161, dated February 25, 1902.

Application filed November 4:, 1901. Serial No. 80,968. (No model-l To ctZZ whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL KOPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Corsets, of which the following is a specifi- My present invention is designed as an improvement upon the devices shown and described in Letters Patent granted to me November 9, 1897, No. 593,397, and August 30, 1898, No. 610,063, and the same relates especially to the strap device having eyelets in the ends and adapted to engage the hook on the lower portion of one of the corset-steels, the object of the invention being to simplify the construction of the strap device, to render the same more efficient, and provide a form of strap device wherein the strain shall be evenly distributed over the parts thereof. As shown and described in my former patents', these tapering straps were placed diagonally, were secured along an upright edge to the lower .portion of the corset near the sides and hips, and were provided with eyelet-holes to connect the same with a downwardly-pointed hook on the front steel near the lower end, the object of said straps being to hold in toward the body the lower portion of the corset and prevent an outward movement of the same and provide the'requisite tension.

In my present invention the tapering downwardly-inclined straps or strap devices are formed of folded strips of strong woven fab- In each strap device there are two strips, one folded upon itself longitudinally and the other folded at an acute angle. The latter strip is placed within the former, and the four free and independent ends are secured to the lower portion of the corset near the sides and hips and along an upright edge formed by and at one of the strips of the bone-pockets, said free ends being thus connected to the fabric body of the corset by'strong lines of sewing. In the folded parts of said strips I prefer to place a folded strip and to connect the various folded parts with eyelets that extend through allof the said thicknesses,which at the free end of the strap device is sufficient to provide ample strength of material for holdingthe eyelets so that the same willnotbecome loose or pull out, and the various eyelets employed in the line of draft of said strap device provide a measure of adjustment as may be desired by the wearer of the corset, said straps crossing and the said hook passing through juxtaposed eyelets, as shown and described in my aforesaid patents. In the present device the'tension or pull between the vertical attaching edge of the strap device to the corset-body and the eyelet engaged by the hook is in direct lines through all parts between said attaching edge and hook.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a corset made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 an edge plan, of the strip folded longitudinally upon itself. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the strip folded at an acute angle, and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan at the line m 00 of Fig. 1 through the free endof one of the strap devices and the eyelets thereof.

a a represent the fabric body of the corset parts; I), the bone-pocket strips; 0 c, the front steels, and c a downwardly-pointed hooksecured to one of the said front steels, near the lower end. These parts are of any usual or desired character.

d d represent the tapering inclined strap devices, which according to my invention are formed of folded strips of strong woven fabric, or, in other words, of wide tape. The strip 2, which is the central strip and also the outer strip, is folded on itself longitudinally, as will be more clearly seen by reference to Figs. 2 and 3. The strip 3 is folded at an acute angle, and the same occupies a position Within, or, in other words, between, the parts ofthe strip 2, the folded ends coinciding.

I prefer to employ a folded strip 40f suitable fabric placed within and between the folded strips 2 3at their folded ends, and eyelets 5 pass through'the strips 2, 3, and 4, so

'that, as shown in Fig. 5, there are preferably six thicknesses of fabric to provide ample strength and firmness at the free or loose ends of the strap devices. These strap devices are alike, and their four free ends are secured to the fabric body a a at substantially vertical lines adjacent to edges of the bone-pockets and between the strips forming the bonepockets and the fabric body, the same being thus securely sewed and held to the corset parts.

I do not limit myself to employing a folded strip 4, nor even to employing a single strip as the equivalent thereof; but I prefer to employ said folded strip of sufficient'area to fully cover the space occupied by several eyelets passing through the same and through the folded strips 2 3, and for convenience and appearance I have shown the corners of the strips 2 3 as inturned in Fig. 1, the same improving the finish of the garment.

It will be noticed that the Various eyelets employed provide for connecting the strap devices, to the hook at the lower end of one of the front steels in the position desired by and convenient to the wearer and which will cause the proper pressure to be applied and the corset to conform in use to the figure of the wearer, and it will also be noticed that tension in use comes upon the folded strip 2 and also upon the folded strip 3that is, upon the two parts of the strip 2 in a direct line between the eyelet and the point of attachment of said strip to the corset and also upon the folded strip 3 in direct and yet diverging lines from the eyelet to the points of attachment, so that the pull is direct, equal, and steady upon the parts of the strap devices, thus overcoming the liability of one part of the strap devices yielding or being more flexible than another part, whereby the strap device is liable to be tortured out of shape and its usefulness and efficiency be somewhat impaired.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination in a corset with the fabric body, the front steels and'a downwardlypointed hook upon the lower end of one of said steels, of tapering, downwardly-inclined strap devices each formed of folded strips of strong woven fabric secured together at their folded portions by sewing, and eyelets passing through the said folded portions and the independent and free ends of said folded strips connected to the fabric body of the corset, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a corset with the fabric body, the front steels and a downwardly- 5o pointed hook upon the lower end of one of said steels, of tapering, inclined strap devices each formed of two folded strips of strong woven fabric, one of said strips being folded on itself longitudinally and the other of said strips being folded at an acute angle, the latter strip being received. in the former and the folded ends connected together by sewing, and eyelets passing through the said connected folded end, and the four free ends of said strips being secured to the fabric body of the corset, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination in a corset with the fabric body, the front steels and a downwardlypointed hook upon the lower end of one of said steels, of tapering, inclined strap devices each formed of two folded strips of strong woven fabric, one of said strips being folded on itself longitudinally, and the other of said strips being folded at an acute angle,

the latter strip being received in the former and the folded ends connected together by sewing, and an interposed strip of fabric Within and between the folded portions of said strips, and a series of eyelets passing through the said folded portions of said strips and the intervening fabric, and the four free ends of each strap device secured to the fabric body of the corset, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination in a corset with the fabric body, the front steels and a fastening device upon the lower end of one of said steels, of tapering downwardly-inclined strap devices each formed of a series of strips of strong woven fabric or heavy tapes secured together at their meeting ends and at the independent and free ends of said strips secured to the fabric body of the corset, and eyelets through the connected ends of said strips to engage the fastening device of the corset, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 31st day of October, 1901.

- DANIEL KOPS.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, S. T. HAVILAND. 

